Guidelines for antimicrobial stewardship training and practice

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Teng, Christine B ^a,e   Lee, Winnie ^b   Yeo, Chay Leng ^c   Lee, Siok Ying ^d   Ng, Tat Ming ^e   Yeoh, Siang Fei ^c   Lim, Wee Heng ^f   Kwa, Andrea L ^b   Thoon, Koh Cheng ^g   Ooi, Say Tat ^d   Tan, Thean Yen ^f   Hsu, Li Yang ^a,c   Lye, David C ^a,e   Chlebicki, Maciej Piotr ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SINGAPORE; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 84863011150     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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